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A Novel Digital Platform for a Monitored Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Published on: April 19, 2019
Social support in cardiac rehabilitation
Abstract:
Since support from the primary social network is vital to an individual's cardiac rehabilitation, comprehensive nursing care includes assisting the recuperating person and partner to achieve optimal recovery. A model of collaborative social support, based upon the work of Corbin and Strauss (1984) and Norbeck (1988) is offered as a guide to the nursing process of assisting the recuperating individual and partner to work toward optimal recovery. A definition of social support is integrated with nursing actions of a) assessing collaborative potential, b) bringing the couple into open awareness, and c) assisting the couple to develop collaborative strategies to enhance cardiac rehabilitation. Although this model has face validity, it should be tested in clinical settings by practitioners and researchers.
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